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elle
@vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
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'In dark times, should the stars also go out?'

queer anarchist // jewish anti-zionist
I'm still COVIDing and you should too

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elle @vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · Aug 12
me when i'm grateful for yuri
screenshot from Spy X Family e02, with yor saying "Thank you, Yuri"
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
nobody:
nobody at all:
my brain before my ADHD meds kick in: "what if they redid the Mortal Kombat song and replaced the lyrics with 'WALTER CRONKITE!'"
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy
Tweet from Ryan Moulton (@moultano): Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state? 12:48 p.m. - 05 Nov 25
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
so, years ago I got this 30" gooseneck microphone stand with a clamp, and it's begun to creak quite a bit as I use it. I imagine, at some point, it'll break. unfortunately, they don't seem to make it anymore, and I've had a hell of a time finding […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
picture of the linked amazon page, showing a long gooseneck microphone stand from SpinTech
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
having an extra normal one in wordbind today with my gf
screenshot of a wordbind word list, reading STONG
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
so, years ago I got this 30" gooseneck microphone stand with a clamp, and it's begun to creak quite a bit as I use it. I imagine, at some point, it'll break. unfortunately, they don't seem to make it anymore, and I've had a hell of a time finding […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
picture of the linked amazon page, showing a long gooseneck microphone stand from SpinTech
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
person: "oh huh I feel like over the past several years I've been [describes many of the effects COVID infections have on one's brain and memory]"

others: "oh I'm sure it's fine and you're just imagining it"

me: "oh huh this sounds a lot like the effects COVID infection(s) can have, I'm sorry […]
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social.treehouse.systems
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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viss.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
the guy who invented the super soaker in the 90s may have solved a major energy hurdle

https://www.ajc.com/business/2025/11/earth-needs-more-energy-atlantas-super-soaker-creator-may-have-a-solution/
Earth needs more energy. Atlanta’s Super Soaker creator may have a solution.
The legendary inventor of the Super Soaker, Lonnie Johnson, is refining technology in Atlanta that he thinks could help the planet reduce energy waste.
www.ajc.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
it's that time of year again (digging out my shmancy spreadsheet for GDQ to note what runs i'm interested in and figure out what runs I'm watching with which people in my life, whether that be one of my friends, my gf, or some combination thereof)
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
seeing a surprising amount of "sinus infections" mentioned recently that just so happen to come with various COVID symptoms 😮‍💨
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
[shitpost, nsfw]

when you're enjoying an evening with Bugs Bunny, but you have eproctophilia:

"awwww, ain't I a stinker?"
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
[HOW TO: make your own Gaviscon Advance/Refluxter-style sodium alginate meds for GERD/reflux]

since some people have shown interest :>

## YOU WILL NEED¹:

* Capsules (Size 00) or vegan equivalent ($27 for 1000)
* Calcium Carbonate ($13-16 for 454g/1lb)
* Potassium Bicarbonate ($10 for […]
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social.treehouse.systems
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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blahajparty.pds.witchcraft.systems
arnold: PLEASE let this be a normal field trip

substitute teacher: sure
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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mollyfied.bsky.social
there are seasons where episodes happen and episodes when seasons happen
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
This is *amazing*.

At a New Zealand cybersecurity conference, attendees had a dashboard on air quality in the venue and could choose their risk level, room by room. Fascinating piece by @violetblue in @Wired […]

[Original post on mstdn.ca]
Screenshot of linked article with green-and-red-coloured image of a piece of silicon with some microchips and writing and tiny display on it, and a headline and subheadline as follows: This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Antivirus Monitoring System At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue-even before they arrived.
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
me? gongaga
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy
We just celebrated Black Friday in memory of Rebecca Black who invented Friday back in 2011.
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
[cwboost, uspol, ice]

I haven't confirmed this myself tbc

https://ni.hil.ist/users/riotmuffin/statuses/115612637559144736
apparently "homeland security" made a couple of arrests in saint paul this morning, and when people came out to protest/put a stop to it, the local 50501 assholes put out a message to all their people saying "don't worry, they have a warrant! if you obstruct the officers and get arrested we won't support you!" not sure where exactly they draw the line between "abducting people is okay if one part of government says it is" versus "abducting people is okay if another part of government says it is", but that's going to need to change in order for US empire to fall teach abolition in your community
ni.hil.ist
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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ykantrachelread.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
crossword clue: "words said after a big yawn"

@vantiss' answer: "I'm baby"
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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waitworry.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy
people who design Magic the Gathering cubes like "I'm putting 360 cards in this because of course I'm going to consistently get 8 people at a time to play this"
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
pictured: the people who tried fedi a few weeks ago and then almost immediately moved back to bsky when things quieted down a bit
screenshot from MST3K episode "Space Mutiny", the subtitle reads "It was much more fun to complain about the old ones" screenshot from MST3K episode "Space Mutiny", the subtitle reads "than to have new ones, geez!" screenshot from MST3K episode "Space Mutiny", the subtitle reads "Yeah, yeah, I miss complaining already, frankly."
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
PSA: MalwareBytes has put out an update/mea culpa to the article of theirs that had been being passed around suggesting the gmail/workspaces "smart features" had changed to allow Gemini access and train off your mail stuff. It was particularly […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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ykantrachelread.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
do you think snakes ever accidentally tie themselves in knots and then can't untie themselves
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
there are many reasons not to use Kagi, and this is another one

https://social.lol/users/adam/statuses/115623243976555689
Today I learned that the CEO of Kagi (the search service) has personally harassed two different trans omg.lol members. I’m not a Kagi customer, but I know now that I will never be one.
social.lol
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
vantiss.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
gf currently singing along to "Mr. Sandman" but she's replaced most of the core lyrics with "butt", beginning with "Mr. Buttman"
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM